Paula Bailey

Associate Chief of Hospital Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center. My often outspoken opinions are my own.

[Emily Fridenmaker @emily_fri]

@pulmtoilet @Dr_Oubre I never understood the hashtags. I just use an actual numbered list. But I also don't normally batch diagnoses most of the time.

[Robert Oubre, MD | The Doctor of Documentation @Dr_Oubre]

Being a senior resident is stressful...

but are you over-complicating it?

8 Tips for being a great senior resident
(That don’t require knowing everything)

[Daniel Weaver @dtweaverMD]

Congratulations to my nontweeting colleague Dr South, Dr. Lofwall and ⁦@LauraFanucchi⁩ Treating Opioid Use Disorder in Patients Who Are Incarcerated: Quandaries of a Hospitalist | Substance Use and Addiction Medicine | JAMA | JAMA Network https://t.co/N0xtxpvxR9

[Paula Bailey @docpaulad]

@wakehealthHM @SvickMD @wclippertMD @wclippertMD Glad others are recognizing how great you are.

[Paula Bailey @docpaulad]

@jpsitesMD Congrats!!

[Ben Meer @SystemSunday]

“Not taking things personally is a superpower.” —James Clear

5 mental models to develop thick skin:

[Jennifer Spicer, MD, MPH, MHPE @JenniferSpicer4]

1/ *Consult team room*

A brand-new learner joins your consult team.

You share details about a new consult & schedule ⏱️ to meet in the afternoon to staff.

⌛️

5 minutes into their presentation you realize, "Oh no. I'm going to have to redo this consult, aren't I?"

[Rohit Marawar M.D. 🧠 @rohitmarawar]

Oct 1 marks my 6 years of being in academia.

These years have had many memorable moments punctuated by frustrations and failures.

Knowing these 6 concepts of academia earlier would have saved me a lot of frustration.

#medtwitter #academictwitter #academicphysicianlife

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[CU Anschutz Hospital Medicine @CUDivHospMed]

Check out our Division Head @marishaburden! 👏

We are so grateful to have her as a leader and as a role model in the #HospitalMedicine community. Keep up the great work! #CUDHM #CUAnschutz

[Paula Bailey @docpaulad]

@jagriti_chadha @SvickMD @romilchadha @CUDivHospMed Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we train them to keep the cycle going!!

[Jennifer Spicer, MD, MPH, MHPE @JenniferSpicer4]

1/ "Do you have a second to chat?"

(i.e., The phrase that results in almost a reflex cringe 😳...)

We all want feedback,
but we dread it at the same time.

How can we deliver better feedback?

Check out this week's thread for some tips!

[Robert Oubre, MD | The Doctor of Documentation @Dr_Oubre]

🚨A patient has their fingers in your face, voice raised, yelling personal insults at you. What do you do?🚨

Make a plan NOW of what to do in that situation.

Actionable plan > 🤬Emotions

My plan:

[Geoff Stetson, MD @GStetsonMD]

1/ Attending: “Sam, what is the level of bilirubin at which scleral icterus is noticeable?”

Sam thinking: [1. I can make a guess, but 2. Who cares?]

Seem like a familiar scenario? Let’s help this attending ask a better question.

[Geoff Stetson, MD @GStetsonMD]

1/ Welcome back to another edition of #TweetorialTuesday from the @MedEdTwagTeam. Special S/O to our #MedEd & #MedTwitter friends!

Over the last two weeks we have laid out the WHY and the WHAT of teaching communication. Today is the HOW. Let’s go!

[Nicholas Coles, PhD @coles_nicholas_]

A year ago, a non-academic friend listened to a talk I gave. I thought it went great. My friend disagreed.

She said that academics are experts at making interesting stuff boring—and that we should all take a speech class.

So I did. And here are 6 most useful things I learned.

[Dr. Urso @richardursomd]

In Kansas,
Treat or you are breaking the law!!!
Please retweet.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The most dangerous mental errors (you don’t know you’re making):

[University of Kentucky College of Medicine @UKYMedicine]

We're excited to welcome Dr. Darwin Conwell as the new chair of internal medicine at the UK College of Medicine!

Full announcement: https://t.co/NWDhSa4DNJ